Freshwater Biome

Definition:

Freshwater is any body of water that has little to no salt. Some examples of freshwater are:

• "Pond- a shallow hole where water collects. Plants generally grow around the edges of the pond, and often right across the whole pond. The temperature of the water is similar at the surface and at the bottom of the pond. The bottom is generally covered with mud.”
• "Lake"- bigger than a pond, sometimes thousands of square metres. Plants only grow along the shoreline because the water is too deep away from the edges. Some lakes are so big that there are waves.
• "Rivers and Streams-moving strips of water. The water flows in a channel. The bottom of the channel is called the bed and the sides of the channel are called banks. Rivers are large and flow into the ocean. Rivers and streams make up about 3% of the earth's total fresh water.”